Candlelit Cruelty

Sienna

The sports complex was dark except for a single hallway of lights leading toward the executive wing, my heels echoing off polished floor in a way that made the whole place feel like a held breath.

Beckett's office door was cracked open when I got there.” Come in”, his text had said, nothing else, and some stubborn, stupid part of me had actually obeyed.

I pushed the door open and stopped de